3rd Scroll - God of Thunder

[Marullus]

Blessing roll for Buru - 14
I thought damage for a tonfa is 1d6? What am I missing? I kind of forgot how to play Bushido.

Tonfa have a special option where they add [1d3] to hand blows struck with Atemi-Waza. The [1d10+3] is his base unarmed.

[ffilz]

Did Hiroshi have his dai-sho drawn, if not, he can use Iajutsu to draw and strike (using Iajutsu BCS to attack as I understand). How does the injury affect his BCS? I'll go ahead and roll attack and let you determine:



Even if he had is dai-sho drawn so he could use Kenjutsu, I suspect that's a miss.

Oh, but Hiroshi WILL invoke his blessing, it will last for +6 BCS

So that's BCS 25 with Kenjutsu (reduced by injury) or BCS 17 with Iajutsu (reduced by injury).

Actually, maybe not so bad...

Sorry, I should have invoked the blessing before rolling, but obviously this is why Taisho did a night time blessing.

Anyone whose blessing roll was 11 or less should take the +6 for 2d3 turns.

Oh, and technically the blessing roll is per 2 people (blessing covers Level number of people for Level x d3 turns for +Karma Knowledge /10 to all BCS for skills not saves).

And the blessing costs 6 power per pair.

[Marullus]

Right! Please add the +6 blessing for 4 turns for Buru, too.

That's 25 BCS on normal strikes and 15 BCS for second strikes before modification. I don't know the AC for the target but I hope hiding by the door gives +5 for being in his side facing (assuming
the doors are secure and thus swing outward).

Not invoking Haruto's yet, not sure when his next action is. He will help smother the flame on the upright lintels but i expect that the other 4 characterswill beat him to it.

Blessing Turns [2d3]=4

[ffilz]

Right! Please add the +6 blessing for 4 turns for Buru, too.

With a 14 for the blessing, the blessing on Buru failed.

[jemmus]

Need Hiroshi's and Taisho's actions when you're ready.

[ffilz]

Hiroshi is striking as described above.

Need to review before posting Taisho’s action.

[jemmus]

Here's a summary for Taisho.
-The yakuza are in the common room next door.
-Awhile ago loud snoring started, then stopped.
-You all smelled smoke, and left the private room to investigate. The yakuzas' room was quiet as you passed it. The tatami mats in front of the front entrance were in flames, as was the doorframe up to around a yard from the floor. It looked like oil was burning on the surface of the doorposts.
-A woman called from the back of the inn, "Dear! Dear! Fire! Fire!" Akemi ran that way, apparently to try to help.
-Haruto cast Mud on the fire at the front and doused it, except for the doorframe.
-Taisho is currently with Haruto.

[ffilz]

Taisho will suggest we check on the warehouse to see if anything is amiss.

[jemmus]

Buru strikes the yakuza leader twice with his tonfa, and instant before he delivers a devastating wakizashi blow to Hiroshi's upper arm. Hiroshi's ready katana strikes his opponent and cuts through his thick winter clothing and into flesh. Another gangster assails Hiroshi with a wakizashi, wounding him slightly. A third targets the armored bushi with a carved truncheon but fails to connect.

A yakuza charges the porter foreman and strikes with a club, but the man's heavy woolen clothing cushions the blow. Another strikes at the drover, with a bo, but has difficulty handling the long weapon in the tight space of the warehouse. Two yakuza throw their candle-lit lanterns at the oxen in the back of the room.

Buru's tonfa rapidly strike the impudent yakuza boss in the head and chest. He drops.

The foreman stabs at his attacker with his knife, lightly slashing the skin. The drover does the same with his opponent but misses. A porter slashes at the man with a club attacking Hiroshi, but can't cut through the heavy winter clothing. Another jabs at the yakuza attacking the foreman, but misses. The last porter stabs at the man attacking the drover, but cannot hit.

Hiroshi's Deftness is at 50%, which reduces his kenjutsu BCS from 14 to 11. With the +6 Blessing the BCS is 17, so a hit. No damage roll needed, the yakuza is unconscious.
Hiroshi's second action is up. Buru may be able to use his third set of rolls on a different target, depending on what happens after Hiroshi's second action.

[jemmus]

Haruto works at putting out the fire burning on the doorframe. He's able to use a zabuton cushion to smother the flaming oil.

From the back of the inn the innkeeper's voice is heard. There's not enough water! Jizaburo, get water! You'll have to go out the front door and run around the house! You'll have to break the ice! Hurry! Akemi's voice is heard, quickly but calmly saying Where is the water? The man's voice says, In the stream behind the inn!. Akemi dashes into the dining room with wooden bucket in one hand and a long rice-pounding pestel in the other. She briefly looks at the mud on the floor, runs and leaps over it onto the snowy street, and hurries away.

[ffilz]

Does the +6 BCS for the Blessing come in before or after 1/2 BCS for secondary action? I assume the Deftness penalty applies before.

If the +6 comes in after, then I have a BCS 12, otherwise I have BCS 9. With the lower BCS, I'm pretty sure I just want to parry.

[jemmus]

I think the +6 applies after the BCS reduction to 9. So BCS 15. That's if Hiroshi has zanshin 2, so his secondary action is at full BCS and not half BCS.

[Marullus]

Having addressed the flames at the front door and hearing struggles elsewhere in the Inn, Haruto moves towards the innkeeper's voice to gauge the situation there.

Still outnumbered and under assault, Buru continues his blur of motion and martial art strikes against the brazen yakuza. He first engages the foes who are trying to harm the foreman (approaching from their side while they are occupied by him), then moves to those throwing lanterns if necessary.

...add +5 to any BCS if side-facing is achieved.
(Action Phase 13) Base Atemi-Tonfa: Strike (base BCS 19) [1d20]=2 [1d10+3]=9+3=12+[1d3]=1 Second Strike (base BCS 9) [1d20]=12 [1d10+3]=2+3=5+[1d3]=2
A 2 is a critical success [1051.3].Critical Success [1d10]=8[1d20]=12
Target knocked down and Stunned
If he can switch from a downed opponent to a standing opponent, he will do so.

(Action Phase 8) Base Atemi-Tonfa: Strike (base BCS 19) [1d20]=16 [1d10+3]=8+3=11+[1d3]=2 Second Strike (base BCS 9) [1d20]=7 [1d10+3]=4+3=7+[1d3]=1

(Action Phase 4) (Secondary Action) Atemi-Tonfa Attack (base BCS 9) [1d20]=1 [1d10+3]=2+3=5+[1d3]=1
A 1 is a critical success [1051.3]. Critical Success [1d10]=3[1d20]=8
Double the normal damage done (from 6 to to 12?)

[ffilz]

I think the +6 applies after the BCS reduction to 9. So BCS 15. That's if Hiroshi has zanshin 2, so his secondary action is at full BCS and not half BCS.

Hiroshi has a Zanshin of 1, he will go to 2 when he makes 3rd level (unless somehow he gains 12 points distributed between Deftness, Speed, and Will...).

[jemmus]

We'll need Hiroshi's second action for Turn 1 (if any), then the NPCs' second actions (if any). Then Buru's Turn 2 attack will happen. PCs should roll a Deftness ST. If it fails, please also roll a Strength ST.

[ffilz]

We'll need Hiroshi's second action for Turn 1 (if any), then the NPCs' second actions (if any). Then Buru's Turn 2 attack will happen. PCs should roll a Deftness ST. If it fails, please also roll a Strength ST.

So what would Hiroshi's BCS be? These BCS calculations are complicated...

[jemmus]

Hiroshi's current lower BCS is 11, zanshin 1, so 5 BCS for a secondary action. +6 for the blessing.

[ffilz]

Hiroshi's current lower BCS is 11, zanshin 1, so 5 BCS for a secondary action. +6 for the blessing.

OK, so BCS 11 for an attack, Hiroshi will attack.



That's a miss.

[jemmus]

Turn 1, 2nd actions
The desperate fight in the dimly lit warehouse continues. The man to Hiroshi's right front again slashes at him with his wakizashi, but only cleaves air. The yakuza in front of and between Hiroshi and Buru's club smashes down on a porter's shoulder with a horrible sound. The townsman drops to the floor. Crit success, double damage. The gangster attacking the foreman swings his club, but does not hit. A who through a lantern attacks the drover with a hard spear thrust of his bo. The drover grunts in pain, but does not fall. The other man who threw a lantern swings a bo at a porter, but does not hit.

From behind the porters, the bushi and the budoka there is a bellow of a disturbed ox and the sound of heavy hooves. The men glance back and see an ox charging right behind them, and behind it, a paper lantern in flames. The ox does not slow down, it runs straight through the lines of battling men. The yakuza before Buru and Hiroshi nimbly jumps out of its path. The bull runs over the body of the yakuza boss, through the open warehouse doors, and into the snowy street.

Please roll Deftness STs to get out of the way. If a failure, please roll a Strength ST to stay on your feet.

[ffilz]

As I interpret it, the blessing does not help saves...